Campaign 2.0: Internet's rise in importance on political campaigns

[mandy]

3 part article:

Part 1: the rising importance of the Internet in political campaigns:

"Every election cycle, the way the presidential candidates have used the Net has changed and evolved," said Julie Barko Germany, deputy director for The Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet at George Washington University. "2004 was a huge year for the Internet in campaigns because for the first time people realized you could raise money in a major way online."...

full article: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/56682.html

Part 2: Fund raising and interactive campaign sites:

"Voters are demanding the candidates' presence on social networking sites, so much so that many of the candidates' profiles in these environments were created by supporters rather than the campaigners themselves," said Michael Bassik, vice president of Internet advertising at political consulting firm MSHC Partners...

full article: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/56686.html

Part 3: campaigning in virtual worlds and social networks:

One thing that seems certain is that politics won't be getting any simpler. "Democracy is messy, and this will make it even messier," Micah Sifry, executive editor of the Personal Democracy Forum, contended. "But the fact is, the more voices are engaged in the process, the more eyeballs are watching, the harder it will be for politicians to get away with lies and misrepresentations."...

full article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/q8In...ties.xhtml